The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole

G. Leloudas; M. Fraser; N. C. Stone; S. van Velzen; P. G. Jonker; I. Arcavi; C. Fremling; J. R. Maund; S. J. Smartt; T. Krìhler; J. C. A. Miller-Jones; P. M. Vreeswijk; A. Gal-Yam; P. A. Mazzali; A. De Cia; D. A. Howell; C. Inserra; F. Patat; A. de Ugarte Postigo; O. Yaron; C. Ashall; I. Bar; H. Campbell; T.-W. Chen; M. Childress; N. Elias-Rosa; J. Harmanen; G. Hosseinzadeh; J. Johansson; T. Kangas; E. Kankare; S. Kim; H. Kuncarayakti; J. Lyman; M. R. Magee; K. Maguire; D. Malesani; S. Mattila; C. V. McCully; M. Nicholl; S. Prentice; C. Romero-Cañizales; S. Schulze; K. W. Smith; J. Sollerman; M. Sullivan; B. E. Tucker; S. Valenti; J. C. Wheeler; D. R. Young

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The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole

G. Leloudas, M. Fraser, N. C. Stone, S. van Velzen, P. G. Jonker, I. Arcavi, C. Fremling, J. R. Maund, S. J. Smartt, T. Krìhler, J. C. A. Miller-Jones, P. M. Vreeswijk, A. Gal-Yam, P. A. Mazzali, A. De Cia, D. A. Howell, C. Inserra, F. Patat, A. de Ugarte Postigo, O. YaronC. Ashall, I. Bar, H. Campbell, T.-W. Chen, M. Childress, N. Elias-Rosa, J. Harmanen, G. Hosseinzadeh, J. Johansson, T. Kangas, E. Kankare, S. Kim, H. Kuncarayakti, J. Lyman, M. R. Magee, K. Maguire, D. Malesani, S. Mattila, C. V. McCully, M. Nicholl, S. Prentice, C. Romero-Cañizales, S. Schulze, K. W. Smith, J. Sollerman, M. Sullivan, B. E. Tucker, S. Valenti, J. C. Wheeler, D. R. Young

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When a star passes within the tidal radius of a supermassive black hole, it will be torn apart1. For a star with the mass of the Sun (M ⊙) and a non-spinning black hole with a mass 108 M ⊙ 12,13, a star with the same mass as the Sun could be disrupted outside the event horizon if the black hole were spinning rapidly14. The rapid spin and high black hole mass can explain the high luminosity of this event.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2
Journal	Nature Astronomy
Volume	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-016-0002
State	Published - 1 Dec 2016
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Leloudas, G., Fraser, M., Stone, N. C., van Velzen, S., Jonker, P. G., Arcavi, I., Fremling, C., Maund, J. R., Smartt, S. J., Krìhler, T., Miller-Jones, J. C. A., Vreeswijk, P. M., Gal-Yam, A., Mazzali, P. A., De Cia, A., Howell, D. A., Inserra, C., Patat, F., de Ugarte Postigo, A., ... Young, D. R. (2016). The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole. Nature Astronomy, 1, 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-016-0002

Leloudas, G. ; Fraser, M. ; Stone, N. C. ; van Velzen, S. ; Jonker, P. G. ; Arcavi, I. ; Fremling, C. ; Maund, J. R. ; Smartt, S. J. ; Krìhler, T. ; Miller-Jones, J. C. A. ; Vreeswijk, P. M. ; Gal-Yam, A. ; Mazzali, P. A. ; De Cia, A. ; Howell, D. A. ; Inserra, C. ; Patat, F. ; de Ugarte Postigo, A. ; Yaron, O. ; Ashall, C. ; Bar, I. ; Campbell, H. ; Chen, T.-W. ; Childress, M. ; Elias-Rosa, N. ; Harmanen, J. ; Hosseinzadeh, G. ; Johansson, J. ; Kangas, T. ; Kankare, E. ; Kim, S. ; Kuncarayakti, H. ; Lyman, J. ; Magee, M. R. ; Maguire, K. ; Malesani, D. ; Mattila, S. ; McCully, C. V. ; Nicholl, M. ; Prentice, S. ; Romero-Cañizales, C. ; Schulze, S. ; Smith, K. W. ; Sollerman, J. ; Sullivan, M. ; Tucker, B. E. ; Valenti, S. ; Wheeler, J. C. ; Young, D. R. / The superluminous transient ASASSN-15lh as a tidal disruption event from a Kerr black hole. In: Nature Astronomy. 2016 ; Vol. 1. pp. 2.

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